SUNNY AND UPPER 50'S AGAIN.
AND THEN TOMORROW THRU THE WEEKEND, IN THE 60'S EVERY DAY.
MIGHT EVEN MAKE 70 TO THE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ANYONE REMEMBER APRIL 9 AND 10....1973? A SURPRISE HUGE SNOW
STORM HIT THE MIDWEST AND MAQUOKETA AREA. IT STARTED MONDAY
AFTERNOON, THE 9TH AND ENDED TUESDAY MORNING. DUBUQUE HAD
19 INCHES, MAQUOKETA 16. CLINTON ON THE OTHER HAND HAD ONLY 1.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BY AIR LAST NIGHT AFTER A MOTORCYLE ACCIDENT IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF 250TH
AVENUE NEAR DELMAR. DAVID NOTZ, AGE 60, WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE WHEN IT HIT A DOG AND SLID INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANES, COMING TO REST IN THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. HE WAS THROWN FROM
THE CYCLE. HIS CONDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE. $1,500 DAMAGE TO
HIS 2000 YAMAHA. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 6 LAST NIGHT.
MORE THAN 20 CONTROLLED BURNS YESTERDAY IN JACKSON COUNTY.
BUT, AS OF THIS MORNING, THOSE PHONED-IN BURNS ARE BANNED UNDER A COUNTY-WIDE BURN BAND. LYN MEDINGER, JACKSON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR SAID SEVERAL FIRE CHIEFS
AGREED THE BURN BAN NEEDED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. IT IS
VERY DRY IN THE COUNTY.
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A TREE ON FIRE AT 7:40 LAST NIGHT ON 24TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 64. FIREMEN SPENT AND HOUR
AT THE SITE.
AND THIS MORNING AT 8:20, FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO WADY
INDUSTRIES ON E. GROVE IN MAQUOKETA. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOT FIRE. THERE WAS SOME SMOKE, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE
IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THREE STREET PROJECTS WERE APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD NEWS, AS LOTS THE CITY STREETS ARE SHOWING WEAR,
AND WE CAN FEEL IT TOO.
DESPITE A REAL NEED AND REAL SUPPORT BY MANY, LOOKS LIKE
A GAS TAX INCREASE WILL NOT BE APPROVED AGAIN THIS YEAR BY
THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
NO REPORT TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
